Society
Two classmates keep Megumi Yokota's promise as abduction anniversary nears 50 years
The friends she wrote a pledge to in a notebook still wait for her return, 49 years after North Korean agents took her from Niigata.
When a Child Stops Going to School, a Mother Often Leaves Her Job
About one in five mothers quit work after a child refuses to attend school, a survey by an NPO found, and some companies are now writing their own leave rules to keep them.
Ehime University Hospital says nurse ignored heart monitor alarm, leaving patient with severe brain damage
The hospital disclosed the medical accident on Thursday, saying resuscitation was delayed after a nurse failed to respond to the alarm.
Kawasaki school bullying linked to 2019 suicide of junior high boy, panel finds
A third-party committee said the bullying may have been one gateway to the boy's death and criticized the school's lack of support, leaving the board of education to answer for it.
Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes western Aichi, no tsunami warning
The quake struck at about 1:04 a.m. on November 8, with shaking of upper 5 recorded in western Aichi and a government liaison office set up at the prime minister's office.
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Japan's school animals left untreated and neglected, rescue group says
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Kizugawa principal and staff paid ¥37m of school fees out of their own pockets
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Amazon fish study finds mercury above safety limits in one in five samples
A school trip, two small boats and a grieving family: questions after the Henoko sinking
Pensioners' group takes women's low pensions to ILO as a rights complaint
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